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Show H1' ASK8 FOR MONEY FOR H , SUBMARINE MINES H J ' H ' ' Washington, Juno 29. Tho war de- B ' i partment asked Congress for $17,075 ! i , for the purchase"of submarine mines kH : ' knd necessary appliances to operate B '.I them for closing the channels leading B ' to our principal soaports and for con- B s tlnutng torpedo experiments. pkV Tne acting chief of ordlnanco ex- pH plained In a memorandum that tho, pkV estimate was to relmburso tho oppro- pkV prlhtion for the current fiscal year, B 1 for submarine mlno matorlal for con- Hj tlnental United States for tho cost ot pftV material transferred In nn emergency Bfl! to tho Philippine Islands." There PkVI ' was no further explanation. |